BAR, Montenegro (Reuters) – Dozens of Montenegrin environmental activists and fishermen took to the water in the Adriatic port of Bar on Monday to protest at undersea oil prospecting, which they say will endanger marine wildlife and fisheries. The demonstrators had already spent the previous four days walking 144 km (89 miles) along Montenegro’s coast […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday the Senate could vote within weeks on legislation to punish Saudi Arabia over the war in Yemen and the death of a journalist at its consulate in Istanbul. Senator Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the Senate could vote before the […]

DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and teargas at a group of opposition party supporters in the capital, Dhaka, on Wednesday as tension soared weeks before a general election. Activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) responded to the police action by setting fire to police vans and cars, as well as several […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – China has allowed its online travel agencies to resume selling group tours to South Korea after a diplomatic spat over the installation of a U.S.-backed, anti-missile system in South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. China banned group tours to South Korea in March last year after Seoul decided to install […]

Guzman is on trial accused of leading the Sinaloa cartel from 1989 to 2014 – the biggest drug trafficking organisation in the world. But on the first day of his trial in New York, Guzman’s lawyer claimed the real ringleader was a man named Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. “He’s blamed for being the leader while […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers will introduce legislation on Wednesday urging a stronger response by the Trump administration to China’s crackdown on minority Muslims, including possible sanctions against a regional Communist Party chief and other officials accused of human rights abuses. The legislation will also ask President Donald Trump to condemn China’s actions in the […]

A months-long investigation led to the arrest of a Kingston man, who was allegedly accessing and sharing child pornography. The Kingston Police internet child exploitation unit is currently involved in an internet child exploitation project, which allows them to detect and monitor file-sharing networks associated with child pornography. On June 23, police discovered an IP […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro appointed retired army General Fernando Azevedo e Silva as defense minister on Tuesday, adding another former military officer to his cabinet while saying that a career foreign service officer may get the top diplomat’s job. Azevedo belongs to a group of retired army generals who backed the presidential […]

Brexit divorce deal text agreed by EU and Britain as opponents cry foul Britain struck a draft divorce deal with the European Union after more than a year of talks, thrusting Prime Minister Theresa May into a perilous battle over Brexit that could shape her country’s prosperity for generations to come. While Brussels choreographs the […]

Trevor Pritchard sat in the prisoner’s box as the Crown made the opening statements in day one of his trial. The Coaldale, Alta., man is facing one count of sexual assault, two counts of child luring and one count of possession of child pornography. A second charge of sexual assault was stayed by the Crown at […]